I think this video demonstrates why I love LSV so much which is the sheer artistry of his Magic play. He knows all the obscure combos, all the esoteric interactions, his sheer ability to manage all the possibilities while remaining engaging and positive just make videos like these so enjoyable to watch. I think a lot of us would have tilted on missing the final piece of any of those combos … instead he manages to drive his on fire clown car into a near picture perfect finish with a huge grin on his face. Thank you for all the great work!
To be fair, he said that he didn't expect it to wheel, just it being a not inconceivable possibility. He took the card that he felt was the best (Urza's saga).
I know I posted this on a few other videos, but just reiterating it so more people see it: A suggestion for content on this channel that I'd really enjoy is a discussion about cube design. I think you'd have a lot of interesting thoughts about it, and I feel like it's a niche that's mostly untapped
Pretty sure there's a (very difficult) missed lethal at 1:00:00 1. Cast orb and top (storm 2, 9 mana left) 2. Spin top and put saheeli then brain freeze then island (8 mana left) 3. Tap top to draw saheeli and cast it (storm 3, 5 mana left) 4. Minus saheeli to make aetherflux reservoir a copy of the one ring, tap it to draw top, cast top (storm 4, 4 mana left) 5. Tap top to draw brain freeze, cycle triome to draw top and cast it (storm 5, 0 mana left) 6. Tap top to draw island, play swamp and island from hand (extra land off fastbond) and brain freeze for exactsies Sick that even when the draft doesn't go well there are still such cool happenings in vintage cube. Love the videos LSV.
In Match 2 Game 1, you had lethal by sac'ing lands to Zuran orb to gain life to shoot them with the laserbeam a turn or two before you had brainstorm lethal but these are always a joy to watch!
Crucible of Worlds is a card that is beloved by people and they'll draft it just to play with it, even if it doesn't have any business being in the deck.
Help me understand the line at 1:12:35? I count 7 artifacts. Tap top, untap, draw top, cast top; Saheeli makes artifact number 8. Retrofitter makes number 9. Saheeli turns a talisman into Construct. Attack with 2 9/9s and a 1/1 for 19? He says he gets to 10 "tokens" (I assume he meant artifacts), but I don't see how.
Yeah, I think LSV may have been a bit tunnel-visioned on the Brain Freeze kill and didn't consider that he also had the Reservoir in play (and the interection with Zuran Orb).
@@ClintonSimon228 I think it’s more he wasn’t looking at zuran orb because he said I’m basically dead next turn but he had 10 lands and an orb so he had more than enough life to live for at least 2-3 more turns.
At 1:00:00, I think LSV could have won this turn by putting saheeli on top, turning zuran orb into a sensei's top, and casting 6 spells that way. Then sack every land, and deal 50 with aetherflux, cause you won't have mana for brain freeze? Anyone else see this line?
Recording a video while (at least) double-queueing, and also still playing so well, and explaining/running through the decision process .... that's what'll keep me coming back to watch this content 🥰🙌👏🔥🎼🎧🎶
Would've needed the same storm count to get to 50 vs brainfreeze them out if my math is correct, ended the turn with 32 life and 10 lands, could gain up to 52 and win, instead he brainfreezed, so I think its a wash unless I missed something
Just through the draft portion, and I'm sad neither Ramunap or Crucible got opened or passed to you. You got into Fastbond and lands stuff so soon that it really felt like if they got opened they'd end up in your hands, and they would have been so insane in your deck!
yeah either they werent opened like you/he said or it was a early spec pick by someone like maybe that WR Aggro player that took it and put it in their deck despite it not really fitting...
@@bizarrosorcerer Yeah, we def saw the reason why Wasteland+Crucible isn't nearly as good as Strip mine+Crucible. I wonder what they picked the Crucible over when they picked it, and if it mattered for them.
I think grabbing Citadel in that pack could have been the correct pick. Top + Citadel + Aetherflux is a complete combo, and even Top + Citadel is basically a Yawg Bargain but even more gross
I can imagine the tough part of the 64 player drafts is that you're not really incentivized to try anything spicy. I guess you just hope multiple people are forcing mono red/white and cut each other?
You had the kill at 1:01:30. From here you draw with top, play Saheeli and Drain Seheeli leaving yourself with 2 islands untapped. Second main you cycle with the 3 mana from Drain to draw top then play Swamp, Top, draw with top and play brainfreeze for 18 cards. (Top, Orb, Saheeli, Drain, Top, Brainfreeze all cast that turn)
I 100000% would have cut the strip mine and Zuran orb for High tide and another island. I think this decks biggest issue will be enough mana on it's combo turn after drawing a bunch of cards from the ring or jar and Zuran orb and strip mine just don't help it's plan A at all.
I thought the Zuran Orb was fine as just a zero mana artifact for Saheeli, Reservoir, Brain Freeze and to find off Trinket Mage and Urza's Saga. High Tide would have been pretty sketchy given the lack of fixing, but I take your point about the Strip Mine (though it's still a generically good card).
Around 52:00, He could've played Urza's Saga to Fastbond right? EDIT: Asking because I'm bad and assuming LSV had good reason not to or couldn't for a reason I don't see because I'm bad.
You were so calculating to the brain freeze for 6, but maybe 5 was enough here? You would have had life in the 20s after that and another 16-20 life off zuran orb? That would have been enough to last 2-3 turns with some weenie blockers and another spell or 2.
At the one hour mark i think there was a missed aetherflux win. Play top and spin, set order to saheeli/freeze/land. Cycle our land into saheeli and play it. Play z orb, turn token into top. Top into freeze. Token top into top. Replay top. Top into island. Play swamp and island. Brain freeze, mana drain our brain freeze. We have exactly the 12 mana available to do all that and will be at 34 after casting 6 spells. Sac all of our lands to orb and 50 them with flux.
1:06:21 in this game, was there a line where saheeli could have made a second aetherflux reservoir out of one of the other artifacts and go up to 50+ life with the zuran orb? I think there was, but not exactly sure. Would've been some nice style points and random eldrazi proof.
I was thinking the same thing. Although the only reason I was able to look at this line is because I play a lot of aetherflux combo decks. Also he still won anyways and got to see more of the deck so it was a small matter at the end of the match
If it’s single Elon, you might want to consider adding like an extra 90 minutes of “thanks for watching” spoiler protection padding to the back of the video.
For a casual player like me, LSVs thought process in those long combo turns is just INSANE, I enjoy it so much
the average person would have a hard time winning a game with this deck. So many small choices that add up
I think this video demonstrates why I love LSV so much which is the sheer artistry of his Magic play. He knows all the obscure combos, all the esoteric interactions, his sheer ability to manage all the possibilities while remaining engaging and positive just make videos like these so enjoyable to watch. I think a lot of us would have tilted on missing the final piece of any of those combos
… instead he manages to drive his on fire clown car into a near picture perfect finish with a huge grin on his face. Thank you for all the great work!
the tale of never-wheeling dream halls continues 😂
He probably needs to move it up higher on his list because it's clearly not wheeling anymore.
It’s his own fault he hyped this card a lot 😂
And we’ve never seen it in action!
😂
To be fair, he said that he didn't expect it to wheel, just it being a not inconceivable possibility. He took the card that he felt was the best (Urza's saga).
I've never felt the difference between my mediocre ass magic skills and a top player more strongly than watching this video lol match 2 was nuts
I know I posted this on a few other videos, but just reiterating it so more people see it:
A suggestion for content on this channel that I'd really enjoy is a discussion about cube design. I think you'd have a lot of interesting thoughts about it, and I feel like it's a niche that's mostly untapped
Lucky Paper Radio has excellent RUclips and podcast content about cube design
@@n8rboy Thanks for the tip! I did just start checking them out very recently. I agree, very useful cube creation content!
Pretty sure there's a (very difficult) missed lethal at 1:00:00
1. Cast orb and top (storm 2, 9 mana left)
2. Spin top and put saheeli then brain freeze then island (8 mana left)
3. Tap top to draw saheeli and cast it (storm 3, 5 mana left)
4. Minus saheeli to make aetherflux reservoir a copy of the one ring, tap it to draw top, cast top (storm 4, 4 mana left)
5. Tap top to draw brain freeze, cycle triome to draw top and cast it (storm 5, 0 mana left)
6. Tap top to draw island, play swamp and island from hand (extra land off fastbond) and brain freeze for exactsies
Sick that even when the draft doesn't go well there are still such cool happenings in vintage cube. Love the videos LSV.
In Match 2 Game 1, you had lethal by sac'ing lands to Zuran orb to gain life to shoot them with the laserbeam a turn or two before you had brainstorm lethal but these are always a joy to watch!
oooh, that's really interesting. i don't think sacc'ing lands to get to 50 was on his radar in these matches.
Not seeing a single method of recurring Strip Mine was insane. The R/W drafter totally screwed you both by taking crucible.
Really enjoyed the idea of a 64 person bracket. Looking forward to seeing more of those!
Lacking Sleeves Vargas
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Going 2-1 with that ham sandwich is a moral victory x)
LSV: I would love to draw Zuran Orb. YT: Ad. Me: Awww shit here we go
Kind reminder to fix your cam position for the next video 😀 It's currently blocking a lot of the board in this video and the one on the cbf channel.
LSV I would suggest putting the good old random minutes at the end of the video when you do these single elim drafts, in order to avoid spoilers.
I think RUclips made them stop doing that. I wish they could though, to keep the suspense going!
"Man, I wish one of these times LSV's early Brain Freeze specs would allow him to get a Breach."
*a finger on the monkey's paw curls*
Pleasingly, 64 is a perfect cube (4^3)
40:00 "Not land, though." (Draws Urza's Saga.) "Huh, Urza's Saga..."
Crucible of Worlds is a card that is beloved by people and they'll draft it just to play with it, even if it doesn't have any business being in the deck.
LSV's greed always baffles me.
Help me understand the line at 1:12:35? I count 7 artifacts. Tap top, untap, draw top, cast top; Saheeli makes artifact number 8. Retrofitter makes number 9. Saheeli turns a talisman into Construct. Attack with 2 9/9s and a 1/1 for 19? He says he gets to 10 "tokens" (I assume he meant artifacts), but I don't see how.
I think you had a guaranteed win in match 2 using saheeli to make a 2nd aetherflux and sacrificing all your lands to zuran orb to get to 50
Yeah, I think LSV may have been a bit tunnel-visioned on the Brain Freeze kill and didn't consider that he also had the Reservoir in play (and the interection with Zuran Orb).
@@sjake8308came here to say this. He was so zoned in on brainfreeze he didn't see the reservoir win staring him in the face.
@@ClintonSimon228 I think it’s more he wasn’t looking at zuran orb because he said I’m basically dead next turn but he had 10 lands and an orb so he had more than enough life to live for at least 2-3 more turns.
At 1:00:00, I think LSV could have won this turn by putting saheeli on top, turning zuran orb into a sensei's top, and casting 6 spells that way. Then sack every land, and deal 50 with aetherflux, cause you won't have mana for brain freeze? Anyone else see this line?
Recording a video while (at least) double-queueing, and also still playing so well, and explaining/running through the decision process .... that's what'll keep me coming back to watch this content 🥰🙌👏🔥🎼🎧🎶
Round 2 you could have copied reservoir played the 5 spells sacrificed the lands to orb and pinged them for 50. Fun line!
That’s not a fun line I think that’s actually the best line. Guaranteed win.
P3P1 "I really want to open power" How did I know he was going to open and pick a triome or dual 😏
1:06:18 I don't know if you considered it, but you could have sacrificed all your lands to deal 50 damage to your opponent.
Also talked about how he was almost dead. Clearly just ignoring the Zoran Orb ability.
Would've needed the same storm count to get to 50 vs brainfreeze them out if my math is correct, ended the turn with 32 life and 10 lands, could gain up to 52 and win, instead he brainfreezed, so I think its a wash unless I missed something
You can tutor all power with either Spellseeker or Urza's saga? Guess it's official. Crypt replaces Twister as a power-9
Grinding out sone wins . My thought is just take the dream halls and go in . But mastery card if you end up with it is icing on the cake
That’s how I feel because dream halls is insanely busted especially in combo but even if you pick up a Atraxa
I think on 1:05 you can Storm and sec all Lands to get +50 Life and win easy
I see TWO v cube videos in a day and I'm happy.
Been watchingg vintage cube videos for a while and enjoying them. You got me to make a mtgo account and I got a 3-0!
This is, no doubt, all the years of drafting janky storm decks that's paying off here. wp!
Really horrible luck that you didn't see Crucible or Excavator. I feel like one of those cards is available in 95% of drafts
I like how he spends like a full minute explaining us Brain Freeze.
We know ...
You taking Brain Freeze is why we are here .xd
Just through the draft portion, and I'm sad neither Ramunap or Crucible got opened or passed to you. You got into Fastbond and lands stuff so soon that it really felt like if they got opened they'd end up in your hands, and they would have been so insane in your deck!
yeah either they werent opened like you/he said or it was a early spec pick by someone like maybe that WR Aggro player that took it and put it in their deck despite it not really fitting...
@@alext.1244 The Boros player presumably took Crucible to go with their Strip Mine, but yes, it didn't look like a good fit for their deck.
@@bizarrosorcerer Yeah, we def saw the reason why Wasteland+Crucible isn't nearly as good as Strip mine+Crucible. I wonder what they picked the Crucible over when they picked it, and if it mattered for them.
Fun draft! Makes me think I that maybe I should grab a Saheeli for my cube, it did some serious work in those games
Two cubes in one day!? Let’s go!
I think grabbing Citadel in that pack could have been the correct pick. Top + Citadel + Aetherflux is a complete combo, and even Top + Citadel is basically a Yawg Bargain but even more gross
The issue is he had no way to cast it outside of getting a lucky tinker.
Watching you outplay that boros deck that stole your crucible was so satisfying :)
1:06:20 You also could have gotten an aetherflux kill at some point in time by using zuran orb to help get you above 50 life.
Couldve used saheeli to make another aetherflux reservoir, gained 50 life super quickly
I straight up pumped my fist when he took Cryptic. It's gonna be a good video
That frost titan game you had sac 10 lands to get to 52 then doming with resevoir as well. Crazy close game.
I can imagine the tough part of the 64 player drafts is that you're not really incentivized to try anything spicy. I guess you just hope multiple people are forcing mono red/white and cut each other?
good reliable nobrainer white. this takes me back.
You had the kill at 1:01:30. From here you draw with top, play Saheeli and Drain Seheeli leaving yourself with 2 islands untapped. Second main you cycle with the 3 mana from Drain to draw top then play Swamp, Top, draw with top and play brainfreeze for 18 cards. (Top, Orb, Saheeli, Drain, Top, Brainfreeze all cast that turn)
I love LSV's "Commander Shepard's off-duty spacer outfit" drip today
I 100000% would have cut the strip mine and Zuran orb for High tide and another island. I think this decks biggest issue will be enough mana on it's combo turn after drawing a bunch of cards from the ring or jar and Zuran orb and strip mine just don't help it's plan A at all.
I thought the Zuran Orb was fine as just a zero mana artifact for Saheeli, Reservoir, Brain Freeze and to find off Trinket Mage and Urza's Saga. High Tide would have been pretty sketchy given the lack of fixing, but I take your point about the Strip Mine (though it's still a generically good card).
High tide would have been fine with 10 islands which he would have had if strip was an island@@sjake8308
Is that what they’re calling it these days? A “breach around”?
zuran orb + aetherflux was leathal too
Me chanting match 2 for you opponent to ult the lili into your ring trigger
The One Ring grants protection from everything, so the opponent targeting LSV with the Liliana ultimate is not a legal play.
@@sjake8308 correct, think about it a little longer
3:50 time twister was real quiet from this point on in the video
The reservoir kinda pulled weight these games
51:29 5 lands in one turn
Around 52:00, He could've played Urza's Saga to Fastbond right? EDIT: Asking because I'm bad and assuming LSV had good reason not to or couldn't for a reason I don't see because I'm bad.
never knew combos got better when you draft demonic tutor.......
oh this deck looked absolutely horrible. No luck during drafting. Really amazing you could snatch a 2-1 with it
You were so calculating to the brain freeze for 6, but maybe 5 was enough here? You would have had life in the 20s after that and another 16-20 life off zuran orb? That would have been enough to last 2-3 turns with some weenie blockers and another spell or 2.
Rockin that vest.
Thank you LSV!
I cant believe you didnt take bolas' citadel.
holy toledo
IM PRETTY SURE AT 1:01:00 THERE WAS A LINE WHERE YOU SAC ALL UR LANDS AND BLAST EM WITH THE RESERVOIR
Could he have made zuran orb a top and used it to put back on top of the deck to replay it
Can anyone tell me what "high stakes" actually means here?
Ring + Reservoir feels sortof broken.
You worked hard for this 2-1. Nicely done.
im surpirse he won with this deck
sometimes lsv drafts the sickest manabase, sometimes lsv gets got by basic lands :(
Move the cam so we can see the board please.
If I drafted this I'd have 0-3'd so fast
At the one hour mark i think there was a missed aetherflux win. Play top and spin, set order to saheeli/freeze/land. Cycle our land into saheeli and play it. Play z orb, turn token into top. Top into freeze. Token top into top. Replay top. Top into island. Play swamp and island. Brain freeze, mana drain our brain freeze.
We have exactly the 12 mana available to do all that and will be at 34 after casting 6 spells. Sac all of our lands to orb and 50 them with flux.
1:06:21 in this game, was there a line where saheeli could have made a second aetherflux reservoir out of one of the other artifacts and go up to 50+ life with the zuran orb? I think there was, but not exactly sure.
Would've been some nice style points and random eldrazi proof.
I was thinking the same thing. Although the only reason I was able to look at this line is because I play a lot of aetherflux combo decks. Also he still won anyways and got to see more of the deck so it was a small matter at the end of the match
Day 9 of asking for Dream Halls, Ultimatums and Mizzix Mastery to flash them all back.
Luis, I love when you play brain freeze. But I'm tired of seeing you 2nd or third pick it. FFS mate you're becoming 2 dimensional and predictable.
If it’s single Elon, you might want to consider adding like an extra 90 minutes of “thanks for watching” spoiler protection padding to the back of the video.
to prevent spoilers its good, but the algorithm absolutely destroys you for having a massive chunk of a video that everyone skips
@@thelastaudst1174 I think single Elon would also be pretty bad for the algorithm. 😆